[Kzyxtalk] Fwd: Stuart Campbell

Sat Mar 19 17:18:36 PDT 2016

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From: sako4 at comcast.net 
To: "kzyxboard" <kzyxboard at lists.mcn.org> 
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2016 5:18:17 PM 
Subject: Fwd: [Kzyxtalk] Stuart Campbell 

Stuart, 

Let do some fact checking and truth telling. 

You write: " John Sakowicz posted an unattributed AVA article that advocated taking over the station by force ("WHAT WOULD JUDI BARI DO? Show up, bull rush Campbell and whatever other dope-soaked marshmallow is in the way, take over the mike, explain live what you're doing, maybe even get arrested. Make a major issue out of it." From Mendocino County Today , October 6, 2015). As far as I could tell, he had written it." 

Let me set the record straight: I made no such statement. 

I would never make such as statement. I formerly worked in law enforcement for the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office (MCSO), and I have the highest respect for the law. I am also a member of the Grand Jury. This is my third term. I was appointed by the judges of the Mendocino County Superior Court after being vetted by them. Also, I am the appointed public trustee of the county's $445 million pension system. The Board of Supervisors unanimously appointed me. I am serving my second term. I was thoroughly vetted. I am insured as a fiduciary in my role as a public trustee. 

In other words, I am as law-abiding and conservative as any person I know. I have strong civic values. 

Your response to an unattributed AVA article was hysterical, and it underscored your character weakness. Your hysterical and inappropriate response also underscored your unfitness as the General Manager of KZYX. It's one of the reasons you weren't hired in December. 

Another reason, I may add, was your lack of integrity in even applying for the General Manager's position. After publicly stating you would not apply for the position, you, in fact, applied a few days before applications closed. It was a blatant conflict of interest. As the interim GM, you appointed the chair of the search committee, you stacked the search committee with your cohorts, you directed the search committee to copy you on all correspondence, including information about applicants, and you even had some members of the search committee write you letters of recommendation. 

And you call yourself a "professor of ethics", Stuart Campbell. 

Indeed! 

Back to your false allegations about the records inspection incident, allow me to finish. 

What you admit was an unattributed AVA article was exactly that -- unattributed. You leaped to false conclusions, as you are prone to do, and you embarrassed yourself and KZYX by calling three MCSO patrol cars to our Philo studio. 

In doing so, you may have also committed a misdemeanor crime -- filing a false police report. At the time of the incident, I encouraged Sheriff Allman to charge you with that crime. You're lucky you weren't charged. You wasted the valuable resources of the MCSO. 

Shame on you. 

About KZYX's membership numbers, they were, in fact, declining under John Coate. 

Coate balanced the station's budget not by increasing membership or underwriting, but by cutting costs -- Coate eliminated the entire news department (three jobs). The public spoke about not having news by not renewing their memberships, nor were underwriters pleased with the "no news" policy. 

Indeed, membership and underwriting have been falling until recently. New leadership at the station -- and a new attitude of accessibility, openness, fairness, cooperation, and collaboration, along with a commitment to news -- only bodes well for the future of KZYX. 

It's why I became a sustaining member during the last Pledge Drive and encouraged others to do the same, including friends who are judges, elected officials, and law enforcement officers. 

John Sakowicz 

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From: "Stuart Campbell" <thales1104 at comcast.net> 
To: "Doug McKenty" <dougmck at gmail.com>, "Lorraine Dechter" <gm at kzyx.org>, "MCPB Board" <bod at kzyx.org> 
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2016 1:57:13 PM 
Subject: Re: Fwd: [Kzyxtalk] Stuart Campbell 

The membership numbers for the last eight years are available on the KZYX Website, and have been for months: 

http://kzyx.org/index.php/about-us/station-business/mcpb-membership-count 

In addition, they were announced at the November 2015 Board Meeting in my General Managers Report, which is also available on the Website: 

http://www.kzyx.org/Board/KZYX%20State%20of%20the%20Station%20Report%20November%202015.pdf 

Income information from membership is also contained in the various financial reports available on the Website, going back many years: 

http://kzyx.org/index.php/about-us/station-business/mcpb-bylaws-and-financial-statements 

I called the Sheriff's Department in October when John Sakowicz posted an unattributed AVA article that advocated taking over the station by force ("WHAT WOULD JUDI BARI DO? Show up, bull rush Campbell and whatever other dope-soaked marshmallow is in the way, take over the mike, explain live what you're doing, maybe even get arrested. Make a major issue out of it." From Mendocino County Today , October 6, 2015). As far as I could tell, he had written it, and he was one of the people making the thirty-point document demand, so I expected him to show up. The station had no legal obligation to accede to the demand on that October 7th, and I had communicated that to the parties involved. It was my understanding that the Mendocino County Sheriff's Department did not always have a strong presence in the Anderson Valley, so I called to alert them that I had received a threat and it was possible an incident might occur at a federally licensed radio facility. I did not ask them to actually be at the station. They chose to do that on their own, and to have two officers present. 

Stuart Campbell 

On Friday/03/18/16 7:59 PM, sako4 at comcast.net wrote: 

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From: "Doug McKenty" <dougmck at gmail.com> 
To: "kzyxtalk" <kzyxtalk at lists.mcn.org> 
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 6:20:55 PM 
Subject: [Kzyxtalk] Stuart Campbell 

I heard the broadcast of the candidates debate last night and was shocked to hear Stuart Campbell rebuff John S's statement that the station had lost a thousand members over the past decade. 

He then made the claim that anyone could check the website to find out the facts. 

First, membership numbers, past or present, are not on the website. It is not even possible to discern the level of income derived from the membership after 2010. 

Second, in order to find these numbers out, I had to threaten to sue the radio station. When I showed up to find out, it was Stuart Campbell himself who called the police in order to prevent me from finding out. 

Finally, after the new GM was hired and it was possible to discuss the issue with someone reasonable, she revealed that past record keeping was in disarray, and even she did not know how far the membership has declined. 

Why did Stuart not just tell the truth? 

And why was he willing to go to such great lengths to prevent me from discovering the answers to these questions? 

Doug McKenty. 

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